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Are Video Games Addictive?(economist.com)
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From the article "Jessica is a proud first-generation Ecuadorian-American and a second-year Percy Ellis Sutton Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) student at Baruch College majoring in business management with a minor
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When someone says : "Its the overweight, white trash, lower back tattoo of aesthetics." It completely comes over as high level elitism.
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What about how well Freiburg and Union are doing ?
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The Champions League and The Premier League. It's the end of the Ronaldo and Messi era, each league is won by a new team each year. Different strategies are rolled out against each other. It's a golden age for football.
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The Nanopresso is also excellent. I used an Aeropress for years and then switched to the Nanopresso. https://alternativebrewing.com.au/products/wacaco-nanopresso... The Nanopresso gets a crema which is remarkable for a
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At least 1/3 of people rent in most developed economics. Investing in real estate creates dwellings for them to rent. Food, clothing and shelter are basic needs. Providing one of them is most certainly creating value. Real estate is no
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The double lives of white-collar workers with two jobs(theguardian.com)
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Libertarians have effectively zero say in US politics generally. They have blogs. Trump and Bush Jnr couldn't care less about Libertarians. However, the place with the lack of Zoning rules that appeals most to Libertarians, Houston, is
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The thesis of 'Bullshit Jobs' was also dubious at best. https://www.economist.com/business/2021/06/05/why-the-bullsh... "In his book, Mr Graeber relied heavily on surveys of British and Du
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Nope. It's going up : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect Mind you, perhaps American High Schools are poised to stop this....
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The one who did this: "This contained official records of 799,455 executions (1921–1953),[7] around 1.7 million deaths in the Gulag,[8][9] some 390,000[10] deaths during the dekulakization forced resettlement, and up to 400,000 deaths
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France has ~1/3 the per capita greenhouse gas emissions of the US and is a rich country so it's certainly possible. France uses nuclear for 70% of their electricity generation and petrol is ~$7 / gallon ( $1.9/litre ). P
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68% of Americans say they wouldn't pay $10 a month in higher electricity bills to combat Climate Change: https://www.cato.org/blog/68-americans-wouldnt-pay-10-month-... What politicians say they want to do about g
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Search for Australia. There is now: "rapid colonisation of Australia by humans during 5,000 years, transecting the continent along superhighways (ancient Sahul): maritime exploration"
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South Korea had reducing nuclear construction costs. https://thebreakthrough.org/articles/historical-construction...
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This is a really interesting take. I know a number of very successful people who were not at all sporty in their youth but have taken up endurance sports as adults. Playing team sports subjects you often to losing and it's also often p
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Shaun of the Dead was great. Fido was pretty good too.
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Australia has 'School of the Air' for remote students that used radio for education. I work with some people who did it as a kid and thought it was great. https://www.australian-children.com/school-of-the-air htt
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Quinones previous book on the issue 'Dreamland' was very good. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22529381-dreamland Econtalk on that book : https://www.econtalk.org/sam-quinones-on-hero
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Sleeping Rough and not affording homes are related. The Bay Area definitely needs to build more houses. However, in San Fransicko and in other places it is pointed out that New York City, that also has astronomical housing prices and also d
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Workplace Occupancy Barometer(kastle.com)
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This isn't true. There are many countries that have had nuclear reactors for decades and have no nuclear weapons. Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Canada and more. List of countries with nuclear power : https:&#x2
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Kids and computers: Several hours a day of screen time is OK, study suggests(theconversation.com)
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Is going to the office a broken way of working?(newyorker.com)
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What I've learnt talking to 2,500 companies about remote work(twitter.com)
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In the pandemic a super cheap restaurant in Paris starts(sifted.eu)
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It's a 6 trillion dollar a day market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_market
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George Soros would like a word. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wednesday
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Guess the kangaroos will attack Gloria Jeans then? With 460 outlets in Australia and worse coffee than Starbucks they should start pretty soon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jean%27s_Coffees

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